Circle the correct plural noun for each singular noun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. penny pennys pennies penknives <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2. scarf scarves scarfs scarvies <\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. dish dishies dishs dishes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. peach peachies peaches peachs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. calf calfs calfes calves cherries cherrys cherryes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. cherry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. wish wishs wishes wishies pouchs pouchies pouches <\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. pouch<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. wolf wolfs wolves wolfes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. fox foxies foxes foxs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. berry berrys berryies berries <\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. shelf shelves shelfs shelfies <\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. box boxies boxs boxes bunnies bunnys bunnyies <\/p>\n\n\n\n
14. bunny <\/p>\n\n\n\n
15. peach peachs peachies peache<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s go through each singular noun and find the correct plural form:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To form the plural of most English nouns, we follow regular rules based on the last letter or letters of the noun. In this exercise, we covered some common pluralization rules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n These rules help form the correct plural and make English grammar more predictable when handling nouns of different structures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Circle the correct plural noun for each singular noun. 1. penny pennys pennies penknives 2. scarf scarves scarfs scarvies 3. dish dishies dishs dishes 4. peach peachies peaches peachs 5. calf calfs calfes calves cherries cherrys cherryes 6. cherry 7. wish wishs wishes wishies pouchs pouchies pouches 8. pouch 9. wolf wolfs wolves wolfes 10. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
The plural of “penny” is pennies<\/strong>. When forming the plural of nouns ending in “y” preceded by a consonant, we typically change the “y” to “ies” (e.g., penny \u2192 pennies).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “scarf” is scarves<\/strong>. Nouns that end in “f” or “fe” often change to “ves” in the plural form (e.g., scarf \u2192 scarves).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “dish” is dishes<\/strong>. For nouns ending in “sh,” “ch,” or “x,” we add “es” to form the plural (e.g., dish \u2192 dishes).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “peach” is peaches<\/strong>. Like “dish,” we add “es” after a consonant ending to form the plural (peach \u2192 peaches).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “calf” is calves<\/strong>. Nouns ending in “f” or “fe” are often pluralized by changing “f” to “ves” (e.g., calf \u2192 calves).
Cherry<\/strong> \u2192 Cherries<\/strong>
The plural of “cherry” is cherries<\/strong>. When a noun ends in “y” preceded by a consonant, the “y” is replaced with “ies” in the plural form (e.g., cherry \u2192 cherries).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “wish” is wishes<\/strong>. For nouns ending in “sh,” “ch,” or “x,” we add “es” to form the plural (wish \u2192 wishes).
Pouch<\/strong> \u2192 Pouches<\/strong>
The plural of “pouch” is pouches<\/strong>. Like “wish,” “pouch” ends in “ch,” and we add “es” for the plural (pouch \u2192 pouches).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “wolf” is wolves<\/strong>. Nouns that end in “f” are typically pluralized by changing the “f” to “ves” (wolf \u2192 wolves).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “fox” is foxes<\/strong>. For nouns that end in “x,” we add “es” to form the plural (fox \u2192 foxes).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “berry” is berries<\/strong>. Like “penny,” “berry” ends in “y” preceded by a consonant, so we change the “y” to “ies” (berry \u2192 berries).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “shelf” is shelves<\/strong>. Nouns that end in “f” or “fe” are often pluralized by changing “f” to “ves” (shelf \u2192 shelves).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The plural of “box” is boxes<\/strong>. For nouns ending in “x,” we add “es” to form the plural (box \u2192 boxes).
Bunny<\/strong> \u2192 Bunnies<\/strong>
The plural of “bunny” is bunnies<\/strong>. Like “penny” and “berry,” “bunny” ends in “y” preceded by a consonant, so we change the “y” to “ies” (bunny \u2192 bunnies).<\/li>\n\n\n\nExplanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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